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Aker BP makes Hassel natural gas discovery near successful region offshore Norway : This is the second well to be drilled in production license 1170, which was awarded in APA 2021. Gas was also recently proven in the first well in the production license. Preliminary estimates indicate the size of the natural gas discovery at between 3.23 – 4.42 MMboe.

Aker BP makes offshore natural gas discovery in Barents Sea exploration well : This well is the first in production license 1170, awarded in 2022 (APA 2021), and was drilled by the Scarabeo 8 rig. The estimated size of the discovery ranges between 3.3 – 4.7 MMboe.

Drilling of world’s deepest offshore oil and gas well planned for Colombia this year : Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Ecopetrol SA are gearing up to plumb the depths of Colombia’s Caribbean waters in search of oil and gas. The plan is to drill the Komodo-1 well before the year is out in seas roughly 3,900 m (close to 13,000 ft) deep. That’s equal to about 10…

DNO CEO calls for “urgency” following eighth gas condensate discovery near prolific Troll, Gjøa hubs offshore Norway : Preliminary evaluation of the offshore gas condensate discovery indicates gross recoverable resources in the range of 16-38 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) with a mean of 25 MMboe, well above predrill estimates. Just over half of the resources were encountered in the…

Chevron kicks off oil and gas exploration in uncharted “ultra-deep” waters offshore Angola: Block 49 and Block 50 are Chevron’s first operated assets outside the Cabinda concessions and are near other productive offshore concessions, like Block 17. Post exploration, these new blocks are expected to yield substantial returns and enhance Angola’s portfolio of…

Equnior confirms gas condensate discovery offshore Norway with potential tie back plans : The Transocean Spitsbergen rig drilled the well in production license 199 in the Haltenbanken Vest Unit in the Norwegian Sea. Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery in the range of 2-4 MMcm of recoverable oil equivalent.

Angola’s 2025 oil and gas licensing round underscores attractive exploration opportunities in Africa : With details for Angola’s 2025 licensing round announced earlier this week, African exploration markets are making a push for upstream investment by deploying more attractive terms and offerings for global investors.

Eni makes oil and gas discovery offshore Mexico in emerging Sureste basin hub : Eni has made a new discovery on the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in Block 9, approximately 63 km off the coast in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico. The preliminary estimates indicate a discovered potential of around 300-400 MMboe of…

ReconAfrica begins drilling highly-anticipated Naingopo oil and gas exploration well onshore Namibia: The Naingopo well is targeting 163 MMbbl mof unrisked prospective oil resources or 843 Bcf of unrisked prospective natural gas resources.

Eni, SOCAR to expand oil and gas exploration, greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Azerbaijan : The first MoU focused on the expansion of Eni and SOCAR’s cooperation on oil and gas exploration and production, with the aim of strengthening the energy security of Europe, and Italy in particular. A second MoU envisages the cooperation of Eni and SOCAR to reduce greenhouse…